#lifescience

<p>This week we went to see a play called &#8220;Salmon Girl&#8221;. It&#8217;s a story of an Indigenous girl who becomes transformed into a salmon. It turns out that she is one of the Salmon People who&#8217;s job it is to keep the salmon in the river safe. The entire play was perfect for Grade 2&#8217;s. &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/salmon-study/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about How to get your students passionate ab

<p> This post is #2 in a series. CLICK HERE to go to post #1. Welcome to my blog series about Inquiry Based Learning. Last week I wrote about stimulating interest in a topic. We spent some time going over artifacts to stimulate their ideas and interest. Once we finished looking through the artifacts, the &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/inquiry-based-learning-step-by-step-2/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Inquiry Based

<p>We just finished a life science unit about Salmon. I like to try to combine Language Arts with Science whenever I can. That&#8217;s why I came up with my Non-Fiction Animal research units for Primary classrooms. Where I live, we have a program where we can hatch live Salmon eggs in the classroom, watch them &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/how-to-teach-non-fiction-animal/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about How to Teach Non-

<p> A little while ago, my class did a study of OWLS. I decided to turn it into a Project Based Learning opportunity where the kids could learn about their favorite kind of Owl. In order to make the research portion simpler, I created a great packet with information sheets about 14 different kinds of owls. &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/owls-project-based-learning-through/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about OWLS: PBL Throu

<p>Here&#8217;s another Project Based Learning unit I developed about Owls. This unit of inquiry is great for giving kids freedom to learn about the owl of their choice. It&#8217;s perfect for teachers who are new to units of inquiry. There are step-by-step instructions for how to develop inquiry questions and set up the plan for &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/project-based-learning-about-owls/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">a

<p>I&#8217;ve got some new Earth Day product in my store. First up is my free craftivity. CLICK HERE Next up is my latest addition to the Class Book series. CLICK HERE And finally my Earth Day Mega Unit Over 100 pages of blacklines and printables. CLICK HERE or scroll down to check out the complete &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/earth-day-stuff/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Earth Day Lessons and Ideas for Primary</span><

<p>&nbsp; Last week I did this cute art activity about how to draw a cartoon butterfly. And I&#8217;ve put the lesson in my TPT store for FREE! &nbsp; CLICK HERE &nbsp; to go get your own copy. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I recently posted a complete mega unit about butterflies. This package contains lessons and &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/free-lesson-and-science-unit/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about FREE Lesson an

<p>Here&#8217;s a sampling of some of my Easter products. First up, the latest addition to my Class Book series is an Easter book called My Bunny. Here&#8217;s a no-prep class book activity to work on descriptive writing. There are 10 pages of brainstorming templates, and writing frames as well as blank lined pages for differentiated &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/interested-in-easter-products/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">abou

<p>CLICK HERE Life Science can be a challenge to teach. Materials and images may be hard to come by. This package has tons of high quality images of each animal. There is a simple mini book for each animal with real photos on each page. This is complimented by several versions of outlines for children &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/my-first-growing-bundle/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Iconic Animals of America: Anima